Folding paper box and blank therefor.



No. 655,52l.

Patnted Aug. 7, I900. J. A., $CUTT. FOLDING PAPER BOX A ND BLANK THEREFOR.

(Application filed Sept. 18, 18 99.)

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(No Model.)

No. 655,52l. 'Pa'tented Aug. 7, I900.

.1. A. SCOTT.

FOLDING PAPER BUX AND BLANK THEREFOR.

A lication filed Spt. 1a, 1899.) (No Model.) 4 Sheets-Sheet 2.

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No. 655,52L' Patented Aug 7, I900. J. A. SCOTT.

FOLDING PAPER BOX AND BLANK THEREFOR.

(Application fllefi Sept. 18, 1899.) (No Modal.) 4 Sheets-Sheet 3.

Witnesses:

No. 655,52l. Patented Aug. 7, I900.

J. A. SILIUTT.v

FOLDING PAPER BOX AND BLANK THEREFOR.

(Application filed. Sept. 18, 1899.) (No Model. 4 Sheets-Sheet 4.

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PATENT OFEIGE.

HALF TO CHARLES E. FULLER, OF SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

FOLDING PAPER BOX AND BLANK THEREFOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 655,521, dated. August 7, 1900.

Application filed September 18, 1899. Serial No. 730,840. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES ALFRED Scocrr, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folded Paper Boxes and Blanks Therefor, of which the following is a description sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains or with which it is most nearly connected to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to folded paper boxes and box-blan ks for the manufacture of the same.

It is the object of the invention to provide 1 the same letters designating the same parts invention.

or features, as the case may be, wherever they occur.

Of the drawings, Figure 1 is a View of one end of a box-blank developed embodying the Fig. 2 shows the blank illustrated in Fig. 1 as folded into box form. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but showing the side ends slightly modified in form. Fig. 4 shows the blank illustrated in Fig. '3 as folded into box form. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Figs. 1 and 3, but showing the side ends as extended so asto reach across the end of the box and slotted to receive through them the latchingtab. Fig. 6 shows the blank illustrated in Fig. 5 as folded into the form of a box. Figs. 7 and Sshow modified forms, described hereinafter.

In the drawings, a designates the part of the blank forming the bottom, I) b the sides, and c the ends, of the box. The lines upon which the folds are made are dotted in the figures designating the blanks.

cl designates a tab, herein termed the latching-tab, which in all cases is formed out of the end portions 0, the upper part of each of which is extended to form the locking fold e.

ff designate the fold-able end parts of the sides, which parts in the developed blanks extend parallel with the ends 0, but are separated therefrom by cuts g g.

In Figs. 1 and 2 (and it may be the case with other forms) the ends of the sides 1) adjacent to the foldable end partsf and the latter are widened, as at h h, beyond the width of the main portions of the sides, so as to be turned down, as shown in Fig. 2, for the purpose of strengthening the box corners.

The foldable end parts ff in Figs. 1 and 2 are made just long enough to bring their edges 11, when they are folded, up to the sides of the tab cl, so that when the locking fold e is folded from the position shown in Fig. l to that shown in Fig. 2 it will not only be in position to be tucked in behind the latchingtab cl, but will engage and hold the upper ends of the foldable parts ff.

In Fig. 3 the end parts fare extended at their outer sides, as at j, so that when the said end parts are folded in to form a box, as shown, the extensions j will overlap above the tab d and the locking fold 6 will be folded over them, and so strengthen the end of the box. In this case the inner sides of the extensions j may be beveled, as at it, so as to extend slightly under the tabs d.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I have shown the end parts f as of full width and extended, so that when folded in they will each cover the entire end of the box. In this case the extensions are slotted, as at Z, so that the latch-tab 61 may be pushed therethrough, as shown in Fig. 6, and the locking fold 6 then tucked in behind the tab and the whole held in place by the looking fold. These and other variations may be made in the form and arrangement of parts constituting my invention without departing from the nature or spirit thereof.

It is to be noted that the cover for the box may be made in the same way as the box itself. a

In Fig. 7 I have shown aform of blank which may be employed, as illustrated in Fig. 8, to form a large box-such, for example, as those in which tailors pack clothing for transportation. In this case the end piece 0, near each corner,-is.providedwith a tab (1, and there are extensions 6 on the ends above each tab serving as looking folds. The end extensions f of the sides I) are slotted, as at Z, as is the case with the constructions shown in Figs. and 6. In this case the extensions will be folded down and the slots Z engaged with the tabs cl, and

then the locking folds are folded over behind the tabs, securing the parts in place. In this case the latching-tab is provided with an offset m to catch against the edge of the slot and hold the side from being pulled outward.

In every form shown it will be observed that the latching-tabs are accessible from the exterior of the box, which circumstance greatly -facilitatesmanipulation in putting the box together, when it is necessary that the said wardpast the lattenand manipulative from.

tabs be pushed inwardly, while the locking folds are being turned down for engagement therewith. Another advantage of having the latching-tabs in-thoseend portions of the box which fold up'from the.bottom-isthatamuch shallower box or cover can bemade, sincethe latching-tabs can be located very close to the bottom of the box.

Having thus explained thetnature of the inventionand described a way of constructing and usingthe same, though without attempting to set forth'allof the formsin-whichit may beinade or:all:of .the modes of its use, it is declaredthat what is-claimed is- 1. .In-a folded paper' box, the.combination -.of :a bottOm, a side folded upfrom the same -and2having-an end-portion folded in so as to extend across above the bottom, :andan end .foldedzup from thebottom outside said side end portion and hay ingan incision :forming an upstanding latching-tab protruding inward'past the latter and manipulative from the exterior of vthe box through'th-e incision,

"said end havingan extension constituting a lockingfold turned downover the side end portion and-entered behindthe latching-tab, substantially-as described.

In=a folded paper box, the combination of a bottom, a side folded up from the same and having an end portion folded in soasto extend-across-above the bottom, and an end 'folded upfromthe bottom-outside said side end portion and having an incision forming an upstanding latching-tab protruding intheexteriorof the box through the incision, said end having an extension constituting a locking fold turned down over the side end portion and entered behindthe latching-tab, and the side end portion also beingengaged behind said tab, substantially as described.

3. In a folded paper box the combination of a bottom portion, an end portion folded up from the latter and having anupstanding latching-tab and anextension constituting and the end portions havingupstandinglatching-tabs extending over the end extensions of the sideportions, said-end portions also having extensions constituting locking-folds turned down over the said'endexten-sionsof the side portions and engaged behind-the latching-tabs.

.5. Afolded paper'box comprising bottom, end, and side portions, the latter andtheend portions-being folded up from the bottomportion, the side portions having overlapping end extensionsfolded in over-the bottom portion rand formedwithregistering slots;-andthe end portions havingupstanding latching-tabsextending through the registeringslots ofithe end-extensions of the side .portions,-said end portions also having extensionsconstituting locking folds turned 'downo-ver-the said end extensionsof theside ;portionsand=engaged behind the latching-tabs.

.6. A-foldable-paper-box blank-.comprisin g a botto in. portion,'-side portionswithend extensionsortfolds,i-and endportions withabbrevii-ated extensions constituting-loekin g folds and formed withl-atching-tabs directed outwardly for engagement behind them of the locking folds when the latter are folded inover the .side end folds.

in testimony whereof I have signed my name to thisspecification, in the-presence of two subscribing witnesses, this IGth-day of September, A. D. 1899.

JAMES ALFRED SCOTT. 'Witnesses:

ARTHUR W. CRossLEv, ANNIE J. DAILEY. 

